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ILOCOS Region, Philippines, August 24 (Eagle News) – Due to the rampage of typhoon “Ineng”, large portions of the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur are still without power. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said that its personnel are having a hard time repairing the damages in their facilities because of the 7-ft high flood. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, August 24 (Eagle News) — According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippine embassy in Saudi Arabia is monitoring the condition of two Filipina nurses in the said country that tested positive for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), with the hospital management wherein the two nurses were confined assuring the Philippine embassy that all of the medical needs of the said nurses are being well-taken care of. (Eagle […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 24 (Eagle News) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) postponed the release of Philippine Eagles in the wild after the death of the Philippine Eagle “Pamana” who was shot in Davao two months after he was released in the wild last Independence Day. The DENR is now offering a reward money of 200, 000 pesos to those that could point out the killers of said Philippine Eagle. (Eagle […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 24 (Eagle News) — Senator Juan Ponce Enrile is now back at work after being allowed to post bail last week. According to his daughter, Katrina, Enrile is ready to fulfill his duties as a lawmaker despite his old age and sickness. The senator’s family also expressed their happiness when the senator was allowed to post bail. Enrile’s fellow senator also expressed their happiness on his temporary freedom since he is needed […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 24 (Eagle News) — Due to the movement of oil prices in the world market, oil companies will implement a price rollback on petroleum products amounting to almost 1 peso. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/IOXzZGB3z2Q
(Reuters) — Thailand’s police chief Somyot Poompanmuang said on Monday (August 24) Bangkok bomber suspect might still be in the country, a week after a blast killed 20 people including foreigners. The blast last Monday at one of the capital’s most famous shrines, packed with Asian visitors, will inevitably dent the tourist industry, one of the economy’s few bright spots. Economic woes could undermine the military government as it steers the country towards an […]
South Korean Defence Ministry on Monday (August 24) said their position is to deter North Korea’s provocation, as the isolated state had deployed twice the usual artillery strength at the border and had around 50 submarines away from base, the South’s ministry said. Top officials from North and South Korea negotiated through a second straight night and into Monday morning in a marathon bid to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula to the brink […]
AUGUST 24 (Reuters) — Typhoon Goni lashed the southern islands of Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture on Monday (August 24) registering wind gusts of up to 255.6 kilometers an hour (158.8 miles an hour) – the strongest on record, local media reported. The typhoon, called Typhoon 15 in Japan, knocked out power on the tropical resort island as 21,500 homes were left without electricity overnight, Japanese media said. Japanese media footage showed traffic lights and even small […]
AUGUST 24 (Reuters) — An explosion rocked a warehouse at a U.S. military base in Sagamihara, Japan, but there were no reports of injuries, Japanese fire officials said on Monday (August 24). The local fire department said it received a call just after midnight of an explosion at the warehouse where it said “dangerous material” is stored and sent firefighters. It added that the fire had subsided and there was no danger of it spreading […]
DAGUPAN CITY, August 24 (PIA) – The Department of Health (DOH) urged parents to support the school-based immunization program of the government that seeks to prevent and eliminate the emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases. Dr. Maria Wilda Silva of the DOH in the Ilocos, said the health department has started the implementation of its nationwide vaccination program in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) this August. “Children […]
DAGUPAN CITY, August 24 (PIA) – While recognizing the contribution of online shopping to an active economy, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) cautions buyers against fraud and scams when shopping online. Provincial Director Peter Mangabat of DTI-Pangasinan warned consumers to be wary of online sellers that have no business name, address, help desk, live chat or contact details as these unscrupulous individuals take advantage of others when selling goods through the internet. Mangabat mentioned […]
AWARD winning composer Jeffrey Ching will present the Philippine premieres of his composition “Celestial-Infernal Grand Nuptial Rite” as well as transcriptions of Schumann (“Kundiman ni Schumann”) and Wagner (“Wesendonck Sonata”) on August 29, 2015 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Little Theater at 7:30 P.M. Ching’s concert features soprano Andión Fernández, Brazilian cellist Matias de Oliveira Pinto and multi-awarded Japanese pianist Kiai Nara together on stage. Jeffrey Ching is the composer of the critically […]
